PPCB seals 2 steel units in Ludhiana imposes penalty on 8 others for violation of norms
The units that were sealed are Ravindra Alloys Industries on Jaspal Bangar Road and Sond Impex in Phase-IV Focal Point while those attracting ₹1.5 lakh fine each are Ganpati Fasteners Ashoka Industrial Fasteners Bansal Industries Ashoka Industrial Fasteners Amarjit Steel Vishnu Wires Ashish International and Abhey SteelsIn a press statement principal secretary science technology and environment Anurag Verma said the PPCB had received a complaint regarding use of HCl acid by these units for pickling process and carried out random inspection.Verma said during inspection a number of irregularities were found at these units.The industries had an inappropriate disposal mechanism in place. Show cause notices were issued by the board to these units. A medium scale unit Vallabh Steels at Nandpur was operating without obtaining valid consent of the board.
